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Shahin Faraji
Aug 13, 2024
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Amazing works by our student Shahin Faraji developed during the “Biomorphic Topologies” workshop led by Andreas Palfinger.
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The workshop ‘Biomorphic Topologies’ offers an in-depth introduction to organic-parametric design tools for architects and designers, using Cinema 4D and Corona Renderer.
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The workshop ‘Biomorphic Topologies’ offers an in-depth introduction to organic-parametric design tools for architects and designers, using Cinema 4D and Corona Renderer. Students will learn to use the advantages of a CGI software in the context of various design stages – from concept models, sculpted geometries, and procedural architectural details to environments and animations. Additionally, the workshop covers rendering and post-processing, using Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe After Effects.
Parametric Geometry Creation: Master workflows for creating organic-parametric geometries using Cinema 4D's tools, including splines, meshes, and subdivision surfaces.
Animation Techniques: Learn to combine keyframe animations with parametric tools like MoGraph Effectors, Volume Builder, and Cloner for dynamic design presentations.
Rendering Skills: Understand the Corona Renderer workflow, including materials, lighting, camera setups, and environment creation for high-quality renderings.
Post-Processing: Gain proficiency in image and video post-production using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects to enhance your visual outputs.
Project Application: Apply learned techniques to various architectural projects, such as biomorphic pavilions and animated facades, integrating complex workflows throughout.
The workshop covers various workflows to use Cinema 4D’s tools to create parametric geometry, animations, and renderings.
The assignments will be conducted individually.
Starting from a beginner’s level, the workshop procedurally introduces increasingly complex and interconnected workflows to create parametric systems and animations in Cinema 4D. Each tutorial in the workshop uses different architectural projects as vehicles to learn various operations: covering biomorphic pavilions and skyscrapers, faceted interiors, animated facades, organic objects, and scene environments. Every project introduces different methods and workflows, including powerful tools such as MoGraph Effectors, Volume Builder, and Cloner.
As CGI software Cinema 4D is best equipped to bring geometries to life and introduce animation to parametric geometries. Using the Corona render engine, students will learn how to use materials, light, cameras, and environments, as well as a post-processing workflow in Adobe Photoshop for images and Adobe After Effects for time-based animations.
The introduction lecture ›A holistic approach to design: speculative futures and organic hybrids‹ will provide insights into relevant projects from the worlds of design, fine art, architecture, and fashion and will introduce geometric processes we can find in nature and biology.
Students will be able to use and interconnect various parametric workflows in Cinema 4D. They will learn to work with spline- and mesh-based geometry, subdivision surfaces, sculpting tools, and procedural operations such as the MoGraph Effectors and Fields, Volume Builder, Cloner, Atom Array, Voronoi Fracture, Displacements, and many more.
Additionally, students will be introduced to keyframe animations. The workshop teaches to set up a rendering workflow using materials, lights, cameras, and environments to create high-quality renderings with Corona Renderer, as well as post-processing in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.
Course Content
Aug 13, 2024
About this work
Amazing works by our student Shahin Faraji developed during the “Biomorphic Topologies” workshop led by Andreas Palfinger.
Andreas Palfinger is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist and architectural designer, practicing within the frameworks of virtual scenography, organic-parametric geometry, and functional fiction. Speculative approaches are articulated in time-based media, CGI, writing, and sculpture.
Andreas worked for MAD Architects (Beijing), the future-oriented design studio Superflux in London, ODA Architecture in New York, Studio Tim Fu, and CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). He co-created architectural sets for a VR fashion show and AR theater performances, and recently directed and produced an award-winning short film in Unreal Engine, with special focus on digital architectural worldbuilding.
He currently works and lives in New York City as a Fulbright scholar, studying in the Master of Architecture program at Pratt Institute, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design. Andreas studied architecture, graphic design, industrial design, painting, and animated film at Die Angewandte, University of Applied Arts Vienna, at Bauhaus University Weimar and Pratt Institute, New York City. Recent exhibitions included Art Basel Miami, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna Biennale, and Belvedere 21. He was honored internationally at the International Design Awards, the Art Directors Club of Europe Awards, the Red Dot Awards, the Dezeen Awards, and the New York International Film Awards.
amazing as always